Calgary'
AB's masters of straight ahead riff-rock wizardry WOODHAWK will be hitting the
road this September for their second Western Canadian tour (AB/SK/BC) (dates
listed below) in support of their full length album 'Beyond The Sun' released
this past April. The album was produced by the band with Jesse Gander (Bison,
Japandroids) to follow their 2014 debut EP.
Made of equal parts 1970's Birmingham
and a myriad of 21st century heavy who’s who, WOODHAWK are purveyors of
riff-centric rock and roll. Capable and original, the band is able to craft
anthemic fist-pumping songs while forgoing tired stoner rock clichés. With time
travel tested themes of science fiction, swords and sorcery, the band’s lyrics
are born from snowy winters, hot practice spaces and pages of dog-eared
paperbacks. While the musicianship reinforces recollections of Black Sabbath,
modern influences that have helped you smash air drums or highway speed limits
are undeniably present.
The band comments:
"This tour sees us wrapping up our western Canada
touring in support of Beyond The Sun. Western Canada is so good to us. A New Hope seemed to be a
lot of people's favourite song off the album, so we thought it would be funny
to pull another Star Wars reference out, with naming the tour Woodhawk Strikes
Back."
'Beyond The Sun' album stream available on Bandcamp at
https://woodhawk.bandcamp.com.
The album is available on digital, vinyl and CD.
The band's music video 'The High Priest' can be viewed at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5g5jTKtEfM
WOODHAWK Strikes Back Tour (AB/SK/BC)
Sept 3 - Calgary,
AB - Atlantic Trap and Gil
Sept 8 - Lethbridge,
AB - The Slice
Sept 9 - Regina,
SK - The German Club
Sept 15 - Golden, BC - The Rockwater
Sept 16 - Vancouver, BC - The
Astoria
Sept 23 - Kelowna, BC - Doc Willoughby's
Oct 7 - Edmonton, AB - UP+DT Festival - Downtown Edmonton Community League
Track Listing:
1. Beyond The Sun (3:57)
2. The High Priest (4:46)
3. Living In The Sand (6:03)
4. Magnetic North (4:13)
5. Lawless (3:06)
6. Quest For Clarity (4:14)
7. A New Hope
(4:49)
8. Forsee The Future (2:12)
9. Chrononaut (5:19)
Woodhawk is:
Turner Midzain - Vocals/Guitar
Mike Badmington - Bass/Vocals
Kevin Nelson - Drums
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"Beyond the Sun is incredibly infectious and memorable
and right from the get go, you know that you are in for a ride. Even if for
whatever reason you are in a bad mood, this record will straighten that out in
a hurry as it has you nodding your head and belting the lyrics out with the
vocalist in no time....a release that is easy to listen to and get into but
isn’t easy to put down by any means. Once you begin listening you have a hard
time tearing yourself away from your speakers." - Cadaver Garden
"“Beyond The Sun, is overflowing with everything one
could want from a great stoner rock record, thick, rumbling bass tones,
sizzling guitar fuzz and infectious, mid tempo riffage, making this the kind of
album that is very hard to stop listening to" - The Sludgelord
"Woodhawk have a new album - Beyond The Sun - and it's
one that ticks all right boxes if you're a serious fan of Stoner Rock. Taking
influence from bands such as Kyuss, The Sword and Truckfighters. Woodhawk offer
a refreshing style of Psych Stoner Metal with moments of Fuzz and Desert Rock
that add extra grit to their music." - Outlaws of The Sun
"The whole album put me in a good mood. Although I am a
fan of a more distorted and fuzz-y sounding stoner rock, this was a great
cleaned up take...The killer trio band have really created their own rules. One
of which is trying to throw out stoner rock stereotypes. And it’s working
brilliantly for them. Beyond the Sun is exactly what one would expect from
Woodhawk. Riffs and riffs and riffs and high energy drums and more
riffs...Moral of the story: this is the perfect CD to pop on when you feel like
dancing in your underwear while cleaning your room. I would recommend “Beyond
the Sun” to anyone who would like a less distorted version of Red Fang. Which
is definitely a compliment, for the record." - Bangs!
“As I was walking into the venue, I began hurrying up the
stairs as their sound captured my attention right away and was quickly swept up
into their thick pulse thumping guitars and huge powerhouse drum sound.” –
Vancity Buzz
“Calgarian riff-riders Woodhawk kicked off the proceedings,
hitting all the gritty notes with their raucous roadhouse metal. Propane and
Jack flowed freely as the golden western trio woke all them witches with their
thematic rock fury.” – Beatroute Magazine
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